The European market for mobile-financial services is characterised by a relatively high uptake of m-banking services, the emerging adoption of m-payments, and an opportunity for long-term growth in international m-remittances (mobile money transfers).

Improved efficiency, increased productivity and cost reductions are the main factors that will drive the European industrial networking/communication market. There is a trend in industrial operations to interconnect systems, equipment, machinery and devices via networking, in order to provide real-time data and information for better decision making, control and management and - by extension - improved performance, quality and production.

The oil and gas industry in Europe has been through economic vagaries in the last 10 years with financing difficulties and low oil prices resulting in several projects being either postponed or abandoned altogether. This, in turn, has affected the uptake of pumps by the industry. Nevertheless, demand for pumps is set to grow steadily as projects gradually start being revived.

Electrification of the automobile is not limited to the Electric Vehicle (EV) space. Conventional automobiles of today are partly electric in their own way, with most systems in the vehicle having electrical and electronic connections for better functionality. Certain high-end vehicles possess more than 90 Electronic Control Units (ECUs) to control the various modules within the car, making the car both sophisticated and complicated.

New and expanding applications, coupled with the shift to enhanced automation processes and controls, are restoring growth to the global market for proximity and displacement sensors, which suffered negative growth rates in 2009.

The mobile payment industry has reached maturity and is a well established market ecosystem. With growing competition, the market is seeing a wave of partnerships and acquisitions as well as new technical solutions and innovative business models.

The global economic crisis in 2009 severely affected the European computerized numerical control machine tools market, with many end users radically reducing their spending. While recovery in Europe was slower than in other regions, the end of 2010 boded well for further market development

Smart metering has gained popularity by bringing benefits to all stakeholders in the utilities industry. Different payment methods available via smart meters for the amount of energy consumed help end users to increase payment transparency and enable utilities to easily comply with regulations on consumer rights.

Frost & Sullivan released its three big predictions for the industrial automation and process control market. Energy efficiency and sustainability, smart technologies and the influence from BRIC and other emerging economies will be the key topics in 2012 and beyond. Based on a survey of several hundred companies conducted in December 2011, this research paper highlights areas of growth.

Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Raaj Thilak Raveendran completed extensive analysis on the European Motor Services Market. The research expert led a short teleconference about new findings that affect the market. The European motor services market grew at a healthy rate in 2011. However, the outlook for 2012 is gloomy due to the impact of the ongoing debt crisis in Europe.

Post 2010, after the infamous Stuxnet attack in Iran, cyber threats have gained considerable attention from all sections of the industry, from automation and device vendors at the plant-floor to management personnel in boardrooms.

Fifty of the most innovative technologies in the world identified by Frost & Sullivan will be unveiled at GIL 2012: Europe – The Global Community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership Annual Congress. This year’s gathering on “The Journey to Visionary Innovation” is scheduled to be held in London on 9th May. “TechVision 2020: A Systematic Innovation Serendipity Engine”, will showcase these exciting and powerful research findings from T...

The global solid wires market was deeply impacted by the economic crisis in 2009, but staged a recovery in 2010, with compound annual growth rates (CAGR) projected at 9% from 2010 to 2017. Notable drivers in this growth will include the wider adoption of alloyed solid wires in emerging geographic markets, increasing automation and MIG applications, heightened awareness and the rising preference for solid wires in pipelines industries.

The key factor driving the global gigabit Ethernet test equipment market is the need for extra bandwidth caused by a flood of video applications on smartphones that offer anywhere/anytime access. This trend is motivating carriers to change from synchronous technology over to Ethernet and is particularly visible in the mobile backhaul segment.

Frost & Sullivan is forecasting the Asia Pacific transportation & logistics market of 12 countries (Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Indonesia) to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6 per cent (2011-2016) to reach US$4.09 trillion in 2016.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan Analysis of the NVH Test Equipment Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $809.3 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach $1,053.8 million in 2015.

The European programmable logic controllers (PLC) market witnessed a heavy decline in growth in 2009, owing to the recession of 2008. However, it made a strong recovery in 2010 with all major market participants in Europe experiencing high growth.

The market for signal generators (SGs) and arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) in Europe is more developed and mature than elsewhere in the world, with the region ranking second globally in terms of revenue.

Despite the negative impact of the 2008 economic recession, the global flow sensors and transmitters market is expected to grow. The rising number of projects, the establishment of new process plants, the financial recovery of numerous end-user industries, as well as reinvestment in plant renovation, modernisation, capacity expansion and technology development have led to a market resurgence.

The plant asset management (PAM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) markets have become strategic necessities, critical for enterprise sustenance in the highly competitive European industrial markets. Together, they constitute an advanced management solution essential to achieve a sustainable enterprise framework for the 21st century. While PAM provides a platform for ensuring the safety and process reliability of an enterprise, PLM helps in ...